Phoenix Alexander
@dracopoullos.bsky.social
Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, The Dark, & more! Rep: Angeline Rodriguez, WME Books. 🏳️🌈🇨🇾
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Go read this ASAP! It’s so so so beautiful and heartfelt and ambitious 💫 It’s one of those stories you’ll keep thinking about for days after finishing!
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture.
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Go read this ASAP! It’s so so so beautiful and heartfelt and ambitious 💫 It’s one of those stories you’ll keep thinking about for days after finishing!
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture.
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Story day!! I’m so delighted to debut in @unchartedmag.bsky.social with ‘Love Story in Colored Glass:’ an inter-dimensional love story about a starship that breaks reality - and a pair of lovers who find themselves, again and again, across the fracture.
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
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New SFF story by @dracopoullos.bsky.social !!
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New SFF story by @dracopoullos.bsky.social !!
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
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Highly recommend getting tickets for this free event, not just because it features Utopia interviewee Ken Liu and contributor Jean-Paul L. Garnier @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. It also features a range of other experts, providing deep insight into the world of speculative fiction! #sciencefiction
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Highly recommend getting tickets for this free event, not just because it features Utopia interviewee Ken Liu and contributor Jean-Paul L. Garnier @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. It also features a range of other experts, providing deep insight into the world of speculative fiction! #sciencefiction
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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oh look the best graduate conference is back 👀
The 11th annual Post45 Graduate Symposium will be hosted by Duke University's Department of English, February 20-21, 2026! Check out the CFP (post45.org/graduate/202...) and please share with anyone who might be interested.
Abstracts are due November 14.
Abstracts are due November 14.
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
oh look the best graduate conference is back 👀
CYPRIOT QUEER YA?! Agents, get on this!!
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
CYPRIOT QUEER YA?! Agents, get on this!!
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Finally got my website in order!
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Links to my work, bios, photos, and other good stuff can be found at www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com 🤓
Story acceptance! I’m delighted to say that my short story, ‘Dispersal,’ will appear in @hexliterary.bsky.social next year! It’s about the end of a relationship… and the start of something stranger.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Story acceptance! I’m delighted to say that my short story, ‘Dispersal,’ will appear in @hexliterary.bsky.social next year! It’s about the end of a relationship… and the start of something stranger.
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Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Short Fiction | Escape Pod
Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.
escapepod.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!
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Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
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fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Behold! The cover and TOC for our latest, GODS & MONSTERS, coming at you this October:
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
fiyahlitmag.com/2025/09/06/f...
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What's this? A wild @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social program has appeared! Lots of things still in flux, a few things still in need of panelists or moderators. But it's shaping up to be a fabulous three day weekend!
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
Program – Flights of Foundry
flights-of-foundry.org
September 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What's this? A wild @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social program has appeared! Lots of things still in flux, a few things still in need of panelists or moderators. But it's shaping up to be a fabulous three day weekend!
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
flights-of-foundry.org/program-3/
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hello!!!!
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
It's finally September! Do you know what that means???
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
Flights of Foundry is THIS MONTH.
Register: flights-of-foundry.o...
Let's gooooo! 🪽🪽🪽
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
hello!!!!
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
would you love to come to this all-virtual convention that runs all timezones?! i know i'm going!!
i'll be doing a Chit-and-Chat for anyone who's ever had a burning question like: "Jordan why?"
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I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
Question for the writing community: is #ownvoices still a thing? Does it hold any weight with agents and editors?
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Question for the writing community: is #ownvoices still a thing? Does it hold any weight with agents and editors?
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P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
P.A. Cornell did a service to our whole community in going public with her experience with the MRM contract. I love these magazines & their editorial teams & I hope that the new publishers get their act together before the damage is permanent. Contracts should protect the interests of both parties.
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Apparently I missed the Discourse r.e. sci fi being a dead genre, so posting this for all my fellow aspiring sf authors 🥲
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Would you care for a queer cyberpunk short story in these trying times? Because hi yes "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" is out for free now at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter - Lightspeed Magazine
Zan’s supervisor tossed the glass square onto their rusting desk. A glass-rendered construct of a silver ticket hovered in the air, text shimmering. Zan held their breath as they re-read it until they were sure their credentials were correct.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Would you care for a queer cyberpunk short story in these trying times? Because hi yes "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" is out for free now at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
This story means a lot to me and I'm glad it found such an amazing home 😭💜
🌆 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/to-a... 🌆
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Here’s the thing. I’m not pointing fingers at individuals. All I ask for is consistency. If one Masthead is being carefully listed for the category of Best Semiprozine, then read them all. If there is a word or a time limit, let us know! We will happily adhere to the rules you’ve set!
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here’s the thing. I’m not pointing fingers at individuals. All I ask for is consistency. If one Masthead is being carefully listed for the category of Best Semiprozine, then read them all. If there is a word or a time limit, let us know! We will happily adhere to the rules you’ve set!
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There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
Had a great time at Worldcon meeting new and old faces! Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social for letting me be your plus one! Glad we could trauma bond over our masthead being skipped again. I look forward to next year!
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
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Join me over at Reactor where I talk about misgendering, masking, and freedom through the lens of Murderbot. reactormag.com/the-martha-w...
The Martha Wells Book Club: All Systems Red - Reactor
The perfect start to one of the best science fiction series of the 21st century.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join me over at Reactor where I talk about misgendering, masking, and freedom through the lens of Murderbot. reactormag.com/the-martha-w...